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My name is Jamaal Anderson, and I'm a
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small forward for Team England.
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>> Tell us why we're here, why we're in the
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city, and and and what this is.
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>> So, we're celebrating the baton for Team
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England. It's a prestigious moment for
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everyone, and it's step one to the
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>> Tell us a little about a little bit
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about the Commonwealth Games this year.
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They're slimmed down, but but you're
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>> Look, from my perspective, I've got one
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goal, which is to win gold for England.
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And there's going to be a lot of
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countries competing in a lot of
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different sports in Glasgow 2026, and
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it's going to be really exciting.
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Obviously, in the Commonwealth, you you
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represent England rather than Britain.
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How's that going to be? You're hoping
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it's going to be a little bit hostile?
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Personally, I've got a lot of friends
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and family that are coming, old
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teammates, old coaches. So, it's going
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to feel like a home event, I'm sure of
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it. But yeah, there might be some
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hostility, but we're professionals, so
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>> And here in the city, there's
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basketball, there's there's a lot of
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things going on. Kind of how important
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is it to get this stuff out there so
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that people can can actually try and do
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new sports and and and get active?
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>> Great question. So, 3x3 is an urban
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sport. Um it's built for grassroots all
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the way up to the elite level. So, to be
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able to share 3x3 with the community
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here in London today is a it's a
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beautiful thing. And explain that to to
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people at home. It's it's it's one hoop
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rather than two. It's not a full court.
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>> Yeah, one hoop instead of two. You know
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Uh there's three players instead of five
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on the court, and it's literally all of
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the excitement of a basketball game
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condensed into 10 minutes, and it's
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>> So, finally, who you going to beat in
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the final? You know what I'm going to
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say? It doesn't matter. We're going to
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focus on us, and whoever's there on the
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on that day, that's who we're going to
